1978 The year it was

[nickname]

A 6'6 ruckman.

[mal]

WOODVILLE players used in 1978

P ANDERSON...That would be Peter playing at his 3rd club, good ruckman or full back
W CARTY...Big Wayne, proffessional pinball player, and not bad key forward
R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?
K CRANE
D DENESS
R FORD
R HALL
L HEAVAN...good player had a sound career
R HUTTON
S JENSEN...had the pleasure of me captaining him in cricket, big fella was an ok player
L KREIG....is this big Larry who coached those aniMALs the Parks in amatuer league?
R MCINNES...played for SA as well ?
W DAVIS...Billy
J NICHOLLS
P MAYLIN...sensational wingman who later played VFL
M PARKER....Big Max a very good ruckman, originally form Footscray ? My Mum used to like him
J ROBERTS...star forward later went and played for NA, and played VFL
W RUTH...Billy a handy rover
R SEWER...zip zap a star player, was the life of a crowd away from footy
F STEMPER..magnificent half back, later played for NW , a good career move
B TYRELL...yeah yeah !!! will always be remembered for that game he played with a broken arm and WDV won[against PA ?]
I WESTBROOK
G HEWITT...star forward, has bred well
D HEWITT...prolific ballgetter , played VFL for the mighty team
B GOODINGHAM..VFL recruit and a good ruckman
B RAMSEY
P HOWARD
C SCHEER
R BROWN
B CLOSE...rover from WA ?
P REIMANN ... Big Phil from SA a defender ?
R MILDENHALL..was he from Footscray ?
G NOONAN...not listed as playing a game
S DAVIS


Coach: John Mcinnes
Captain: Frank Stemper

DEBUTANTS
ANDERSON
GOODINGHAM
RAMSEY
HOWARD
BROWN
CLOSE
MILDENHALL
S DAVIS


TOP 5
1 MAYLIN
G HEWITT
3 SEWER
4 ROBERTS
5 D HEWITT

Club was only 14 years in the comp at this stage, couldnt expect much from them
No premierships, and ddint excell in the 70s

[GWW]

R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?

I have a feeling this might be Roger Coudraye who was a PE Teacher at my high school in the 1980's (Murray Bridge High).

[GWW]

R HUTTON

From memory, this is Russell Hutton?

He also played at Sturt?

[GWW]

Re Stemper who was captain, does anyone know what year he moved to Norwood? Presumably he played in a few grand finals at the Redlegs, may have played in a flag or 2 (82, 84)?

[mal]

R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?

I have a feeling this might be Roger Coudraye who was a PE Teacher at my high school in the 1980's (Murray Bridge High).

Yes I reckon it was
Was a beanpole ruckman from memory

[GWW]

From memory, he was tall and athletic, but i wouldn't say he was massively tall.

[robranisgod]

R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?

I have a feeling this might be Roger Coudraye who was a PE Teacher at my high school in the 1980's (Murray Bridge High).

Yes I reckon it was
Was a beanpole ruckman from memory

Roger Coudraye was a normal size player, his brother John was the beanpole ruckman. Roger had his jaw broken in an incident against Port Adelaide, he came back nine games later against Port and his jaw was rebroken. Legend has it that a normal meek and mild Port Adelaide player fronted his teammate culprit and had to be held back from belting the teammate who certainly wasn't meek and mild.

Roger retired after the second break.

[robranisgod]

WOODVILLE players used in 1978

P ANDERSON...That would be Peter playing at his 3rd club, good ruckman or full back
W CARTY...Big Wayne, proffessional pinball player, and not bad key forward
R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?
K CRANE
D DENESS
R FORD
R HALL
L HEAVAN...good player had a sound career
R HUTTON
S JENSEN...had the pleasure of me captaining him in cricket, big fella was an ok player
L KREIG....is this big Larry who coached those aniMALs the Parks in amatuer league?
R MCINNES...played for SA as well ?
W DAVIS...Billy
J NICHOLLS
P MAYLIN...sensational wingman who later played VFL
M PARKER....Big Max a very good ruckman, originally form Footscray ? My Mum used to like him
J ROBERTS...star forward later went and played for NA, and played VFL
W RUTH...Billy a handy rover
R SEWER...zip zap a star player, was the life of a crowd away from footy
F STEMPER..magnificent half back, later played for NW , a good career move
B TYRELL...yeah yeah !!! will always be remembered for that game he played with a broken arm and WDV won[against PA ?]
I WESTBROOK
G HEWITT...star forward, has bred well
D HEWITT...prolific ballgetter , played VFL for the mighty team
B GOODINGHAM..VFL recruit and a good ruckman
B RAMSEY
P HOWARD
C SCHEER
R BROWN
B CLOSE...rover from WA ?
P REIMANN ... Big Phil from SA a defender ?
R MILDENHALL..was he from Footscray ?
G NOONAN...not listed as playing a game
S DAVIS


Coach: John Mcinnes
Captain: Frank Stemper

DEBUTANTS
ANDERSON
GOODINGHAM
RAMSEY
HOWARD
BROWN
CLOSE
MILDENHALL
S DAVIS


TOP 5
1 MAYLIN
G HEWITT
3 SEWER
4 ROBERTS
5 D HEWITT

Club was only 14 years in the comp at this stage, couldnt expect much from them
No premierships, and ddint excell in the 70s

This was actually the first half decent side Woodville had. The next year they made the finals.

[robranisgod]

Re Stemper who was captain, does anyone know what year he moved to Norwood? Presumably he played in a few grand finals at the Redlegs, may have played in a flag or 2 (82, 84)?

Frank Stemper played for Norwood in the 1982 Grand Final but didn't play in 1984. It is interesting to hear him talk of his time at Norwood compared to Woodville. He is adamant that he was a much better player at Woodvillle, injuries had caught up with him by the time he went to Norwood, yet he played state footy as a Norwood player. I guess it just suggests that it is easier to be recognised in a good side.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Re Stemper who was captain, does anyone know what year he moved to Norwood? Presumably he played in a few grand finals at the Redlegs, may have played in a flag or 2 (82, 84)?

Frank Stemper played for Norwood in the 1982 Grand Final but didn't play in 1984. It is interesting to hear him talk of his time at Norwood compared to Woodville. He is adamant that he was a much better player at Woodvillle, injuries had caught up with him by the time he went to Norwood, yet he played state footy as a Norwood player. I guess it just suggests that it is easier to be recognised in a good side.

The 1982 Grand Final was Frank Stemper's final game. He began with Norwood in 1980 and played 63 very high quality games, including 2 Grand Finals, 1980 & 82. It's hard to imagine he played much better at Woodville, maybe it was because he played a key defensive role at Woodville whereas he was more an attacking half back flanker at Norwood. I think Frank is under-rating his footy at Norwood, he was brilliant.

[mal]

Its been a long pre-season so far lads !
We have now listed all the players who played in 1978
We have had some good discussions and good insights from various posters
B4 I start on the season proper there was one more snippet

01/04/2011
On the day of the opening round there was some bad bad news for PA barrackers
Max James can you believe it, was cleared to South Melbourne
Max 's career was startling, when he also played 1 game in 1984

QUESTION
Max was a star
Great mark
How did his career evolve in the VFL ?

[GWW]

It seems you've fast forwarded 33 years mal

[mal]

R COUDRAYE...ruckman ?

I have a feeling this might be Roger Coudraye who was a PE Teacher at my high school in the 1980's (Murray Bridge High).

Yes I reckon it was
Was a beanpole ruckman from memory

Roger Coudraye was a normal size player, his brother John was the beanpole ruckman. Roger had his jaw broken in an incident against Port Adelaide, he came back nine games later against Port and his jaw was rebroken. Legend has it that a normal meek and mild Port Adelaide player fronted his teammate culprit and had to be held back from belting the teammate who certainly wasn't meek and mild.

Roger retired after the second break.

John was the beanpole !!!
As for Roger, wow, no luck at all

[FOURTH ESTATE]

MALcolm Greenslade went to Edwardstown in May 1978, and did not play any games for ST in 1978
Kenny Whelan played 6 games for ST in 1978 and then quit in June and also went to Edwardstown

Question is
Did Edwardstown go top ?
They recruited 1006 SANFL goals !!!!

Its incredible how many players became unavailable or injured for ST this season

QUESTION
Who was the better full forward
MALcolm Or Kenny ?

This is REALLY testing the memory but IIRC Edwardstown played Flinders Park in the SAFA Grand Final that year. I remember the Sturt cheer squad were out in force for Edwardstown. I just can't for the life of me remember who won

Flinders Park played Athelstone in the first SAFA GF in 1978. They knocked off Edwardstown in the Prelim from memory. For the record Flinders Park won a wet and miserable day at Adelaide Oval

[FOURTH ESTATE]

NA players who played in 1978
P MCCANN
J RILEY...brilliant young defender at ths stage, what a career he had
A ROACH
D TILLER....just starting his career, a wonderful defender
D NEVE
M ELLIS
B GEHLING

Very talented group who had a lot of success at the Broadview Football Club and made the club one of the most successful and dominating clubs of the SAAFL durings 1980-90's


Pat McCann played 1979 & 81 All Australian Amateur in 1979 & Grand Final player in 1979

John Riley a product of our Junior system 1976 U/16 Association Medallist

Tony Roach a legend in SAAFL circles another product of our junior system 1986 All Australian Amateur and club coach from 1986 - 90. getting us into 3 straight GF's 1987-89 winning in 1987 & 89. Returned for a second stint in 1997-98 for another flag in 1998. Never missed the finals and never finished lower than 4th.

David Tiller player coach from 1992-94 Premiership in 1993 against Kilburn when they were coached by Tony Roach.

Danny "Ralph" Neve arrived in 1979 and led the club and league goal kicking in 1979-80
A1 Premiership player in 1980 and D grade premiership player in 1983. Knee injuries shortened his career. Club Football Director 1997-99

Bruce Gehling A Grade premiership player in 1987.

Malcolm Ellis played in his only Premiership side in 1989 and coached the B Grade 1993-94 for a flag in 1993

[Leaping Lindner]

MALcolm Greenslade went to Edwardstown in May 1978, and did not play any games for ST in 1978
Kenny Whelan played 6 games for ST in 1978 and then quit in June and also went to Edwardstown

Question is
Did Edwardstown go top ?
They recruited 1006 SANFL goals !!!!

Its incredible how many players became unavailable or injured for ST this season

QUESTION
Who was the better full forward
MALcolm Or Kenny ?

This is REALLY testing the memory but IIRC Edwardstown played Flinders Park in the SAFA Grand Final that year. I remember the Sturt cheer squad were out in force for Edwardstown. I just can't for the life of me remember who won

Flinders Park played Athelstone in the first SAFA GF in 1978. They knocked off Edwardstown in the Prelim from memory. For the record Flinders Park won a wet and miserable day at Adelaide Oval

Cheers. It must have been the prelim I was at as it was a perfect day! No wonder I couldn't remember the trophy presentation.....there wasn't one

[Leaping Lindner]

De Jong quit footy early in 83 and was talked into returning for the finals when Mickan went down.

Weren't his only two games for the year the 2SF and GF?

Definitely played against the Bays at Richmond as he was best on ground, won Westies the game and finished any chance the Bays had of making the finals. Mr Footypunt was not a happy chappy when interviewed at the end of the game when the interviewer asked him about De Jong. Why the interviewer mentioned an opposition player to a losing coach I have no idea.

[Leaping Lindner]

NA players who played in 1978
P MCCANN
J RILEY...brilliant young defender at ths stage, what a career he had
A ROACH
D TILLER....just starting his career, a wonderful defender
D NEVE
M ELLIS
B GEHLING

Very talented group who had a lot of success at the Broadview Football Club and made the club one of the most successful and dominating clubs of the SAAFL durings 1980-90's


Pat McCann played 1979 & 81 All Australian Amateur in 1979 & Grand Final player in 1979

John Riley a product of our Junior system 1976 U/16 Association Medallist

Tony Roach a legend in SAAFL circles another product of our junior system 1986 All Australian Amateur and club coach from 1986 - 90. getting us into 3 straight GF's 1987-89 winning in 1987 & 89. Returned for a second stint in 1997-98 for another flag in 1998. Never missed the finals and never finished lower than 4th.

David Tiller player coach from 1992-94 Premiership in 1993 against Kilburn when they were coached by Tony Roach.

Danny "Ralph" Neve arrived in 1979 and led the club and league goal kicking in 1979-80
A1 Premiership player in 1980 and D grade premiership player in 1983. Knee injuries shortened his career. Club Football Director 1997-99
Bruce Gehling A Grade premiership player in 1987.

Malcolm Ellis played in his only Premiership side in 1989 and coached the B Grade 1993-94 for a flag in 1993

Cheers. I wondered what happened to him. His sister Jill was in the cheer squad at North for a while as well.

[nickname]

De Jong quit footy early in 83 and was talked into returning for the finals when Mickan went down.

Weren't his only two games for the year the 2SF and GF?

Definitely played against the Bays at Richmond as he was best on ground, won Westies the game and finished any chance the Bays had of making the finals. Mr Footypunt was not a happy chappy when interviewed at the end of the game when the interviewer asked him about De Jong. Why the interviewer mentioned an opposition player to a losing coach I have no idea.

That's right, I recall it now. That was his first game back and at the first bounce he ran in and thumped the ball 20 yards into attack, and the fans loved it.